Terminal trajectory planning and optimization for an unpowered reusable launch vehicle

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 2085-2107

  Kluever, Craig A ^a,b,c   Horneman, Kenneth R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT PROFILE; GEOMETRIC REFERENCE PATH; TERMINAL TRAJECTORY PLANNING; UNPOWERED REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; REUSABLE ROCKETS; TRAJECTORIES;

CATAPULTS (AIRCRAFT LAUNCHERS);

EID: 29744457781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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